'You must have a clear vision of the finish line'

The eating disorder
How do you know when it was a good barbecue?

"You know it was a good bbq when you wake up with charcoal smeared all over your face."
@Colly622 (Paul Collingwood)

Really? Is that an internationally-recognised indicator - a charcoal-smeared face? You don't judge it by the taste of the food? You don't judge it by the number of people who didn't contract food poisoning? You judge it by facial grubbiness.

The victim
Stephen Fleming's tumultuous relationship with Scott Styris continues.

"gotta love finals day! unfortunately got cornered for bfast by Styris, hopefully the day gets better!"
@SPFleming7

However, later in the week, Fleming was forced to revise his opinion of the allrounder. It turns out things could be far, far worse.

"On the way home and sitting in singapore airport with Billy Bowden, man i thought Styris was hard work!!"

The likely story
Rahul Sharma might be on his own with this one.

"Today my fav commentator Ravi shastri B'day God Bless u Ravi bhai."
@ImRahulSharma3

Ravi Shastri is your favourite commentator? As the man himself might say: that will do his confidence the world of good.

The date with destiny
Lonwabo Tsotsobe had an important appointment.

"Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved. Off to gym"
@LonwaboTsotsobe

The unemployed
Andrew Flintoff has a more complex attitude to his destiny, but the outcome's the same.

"Missing Cash In The Attic to go to the gym !"
@flintoff11

The tantrum
Graeme Swann is a man who holds certain expectations.

"No nuts today at the ice cream van to go with my 99, flake and strawberry sauce.I now regret my petulant foot stomping aimed at miss whippy."
@Swannyg66

He is also a man of principle.

"In my defence I took it relatively well until I was charged £1.50 for my 99. Screaming 'The clue's in the name you mug!' was my lowest point"

It's important to take a stand.

The shoehorn
If Jimmy Anderson's tweet is any indication, England's cricketers would appear to be challenging each other to use particular words during their interviews.

"Congrats to @timbresnan for getting the word 'capitulated' into an interview and in the right context. Good job he didn't have to spell it!"
@JimmyAnderson9

The spelling mistake
Speaking of spelling, where do we stand on this one?

"Chilling in bed watching a spelling bee on ESPN I have to say these kids are damn smart I would definately have dropped out long ago."
@WayneParnell

Wayne later said that the "definately" was deliberate. Benefit of the doubt to the bowler on this occasion or should we refer it to the third umpire?

The risk
Moises Henriques lives life on the edge.

"Getting an extra 26kms out when your petrol gauge is sitting at 0km. #courage"
@Mozzie21

Bet he was playing 'Can I overtake that long line of trucks before I get to my motorway exit' as well.

What's your philosophy?
"U must have a clear vision of the finish line, otherwise u will never leave the starting blocks - so find ur finish line."
@virendersehwag

I identified the finish line Virender, but I couldn't get there. I couldn't even bring myself to leave the starting blocks. They're so safe and familiar.

"Failure is not actually an event it is more a reaction to an event and is an important part of learning"

So are you saying I'm not a failure, Virender?

"By maintaining ur own integrity u will live beyond emotional ups and downs."

That's a bit evasive. Kind of sounds like you're saying I am a failure. That makes me sad.

"Happiness is not getting wht u want,but enjoying wht u have."

And clearly what I have is failure. Thanks for the pep talk.

Getting to know God
"Went to D Y Patil stadium to see A R Rahman's concert and he was simply magical. He sang all his top songs for almost 3 hrs."
@sachin_rt (Sachin Tendulkar)

Think that counts as an opinion. This is unprecedented.

Tino Best's modesty corner "Have a Bless day everyone oh btw I really did bring summer from the caribbean hahaha ."
@tinobest

You'd think he'd have brought his team-mates a bit of cloud cover while they were bowling at Trent Bridge.